Lace fabric.



No- 838,174, PATENTED DEG. 11, 1906.

. J. E. HUDSON.

LACE FABRIC. APPLICATION FILED JULYZB. 1905.

of the cross-net ground. use of a machine and method devised by my- 7 4,1901, No. 4,613,,1 was furtherenabled to called square net,the-difference between phia and State of Pennsylvania, have innetground. 'myself in Great Britain, No.-18,895,' dated UNITED STATESPATENT oFFIon.

JOHN n-nunson, 0 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 'ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TODEWIS 'BOOTHMAN BROWN AND ONE-THIRD TO PETER WOLL, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

LACE FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed July 29, 1905 Serial No. 271,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. DUDSON, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Philadelphia, in thecountyof Philadelvented certain new and useful Improvements in LaceFabrics, of which the following is a specification.

Prior to 1897 in making lace fabrics it was necessary to work thepattern on the cross- In 1897 by a patent granted to August 16 in thatyear, I was enabled to make lace in which the clothing or pattern waswoven simultaneously and independently Afterward by the self andpatented in Great Britain on March form the pattern by looping,.c lothing, &c., by weaving it as a part distinct from, but simultaneouslywith, the cross-net ground which surrounds the pattern and supports it'in the fabric. 'It has also been customary to form a ground of what -istechnicallythe two nets being principally that the horizontaldividing-lines between the meshes of the square net are in a'str'aightline, while in the cross-net the horizontal dividing-lines between thevertical rows'lof mcshes are staggered.

By the use of the machine mentioned above [as patented in England in1901 it was, as stated, found possible? to make the pattern as a partdistinct from the cross-net ground, thus having the richness of theappliqued lace, but'possessingthe advantage thereoverot being made inone piece, thereby reducing to, a minimum the cost offlmanufacture,jandalso the advantage that there is no danger of ripping at the placeswhere sewed. Even after my machine was put into use the choice of"groundwork, Whether of cross-net or square net, had tobe made, and itwas not until this article was made that a lace fabric was \'ove11,-co1nbining in one continuous fabric two distinct net groundsviz, across-net, or a net in which the horizontal division-'linesarestaggeredand a square net'i.e., a net in which the horizontaldivision-lines are in a straight line. i

I The fabric may also be further enriched by varying the size o l themeshes as desired.

In the drawing is shown a pieceof lace embodying my invention and inwlnch A represents what is technically knownas cross-' net, while Brepresents the square net; C, open loops; D, clothing or patternthreads; and'E, Swiss finings or shading.

The lace shown in the draw Jlg is but a sample of the work that can bedone by the machine described in English. Patent No.

4,613 of 1901, mentioned above, andI do not,

therefore, limit myself to the article shown therein, as the patternmaybe varied indefinitely without affecting the spirit of my invention,which consists, essentially, in the arrangement of the pattern of lacewoven by the machine mentioned above, so that in one operation a lacefabric is made in which continuous threads only are used andin which twodifferent ground-nets are woven into the fabric in combination with theusual pattern, consisting of clothing, open loops, Swiss finings, &c.,these different groundfgnets being usually, as stated above andshotjfnin the drawing, of the forms known as -;squ'are net and cross-net.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim is a v 1. A lacefabric wholly produced at a single operation and having a ground ,partlyof cross-net and partly of square net.

2. A lace fabric having continuous threads only and a ground consistingpartly of crossnet and partly of square net.

3. A lace fabric, wholly produced at a single operation and havingcontinuous threads 0nly,c0mprising two varieties of net groundwork incombination with open loops, clothing 0 pattern threads, andshading-threads.

4. A lacefahric, wholly produced at a single operation and havingcontinuous threads oniy, comprising a groundwork consisting partly ofcross-net and partly of square net, in combination with open loops.clothing or pattern threads, and shading-thrcads.

